General Science Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Across
- 2. the particles that come out of a volcano, ex. dust, ash, bombs
- 5. calculates the strength of the earthquake (2 words)
- 7. wave that can travel through all phases, "fastest" (2 words)
- 9. volcanoes with alternating lava/rock layers, violent and quiet eruptions (2 words)
- 11. volcano that has not erupted in modern history
- 12. part of Earth's crust that is under the land
- 15. bending, twisting, breaking of rock
- 17. volcano that is presently inactive
- 22. squeezing of rock
- 24. forces that act on the Earth's crust
- 26. instrument that detects and measures seismic waves
- 29. point directly above the 'focus' on the Earth's surface
- 30. sloped, dome-shaped mountain with quiet lava flows (2 words)
- 31. part of the Earth's crust that is under the ocean
- 32. hot liquid rock above ground, there are 4 types
- 33. a place where hot liquid rock reaches the surface
Down
- 1. cracks in rocks
- 3. sudden movement of the Earth's crust resulting in shaking and trembling
- 4. volcano that erupts continually or periodically
- 6. break or crack on which a rock moves
- 8. wave that can travel through solids, "slower" (2 words)
- 9. depression or pit
- 10. volcanoes with a narrow base and steep sides, have explosive eruptions (2 words)
- 13. opening on the surface of the volcano
- 14. wave caused by an earthquake (2 words)
- 16. a person who studies quakes
- 18. birthplace of earthquake
- 19. breaking, tilting, or folding in rock
- 20. outermost layer of the Earth
- 21. upward fold in rock
- 23. downward fold in rock
- 25. stretching of rock
- 27. the last waves to hit, "bend and twist surface" (2 words)
- 28. hot liquid rock under the surface